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Experience music, dance, visual art, comedy, spoken word, and multidisciplinary collaborations from around the world that build upon the eclectic mix of creativity found throughout New York City and beyond.
Big Umbrella Festival returns! Member Pre-sale Jan 31
Annually each spring, the Big Umbrella Festival welcomes kids, teens, and adults for a dynamic series of programming, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. The 2025 festival will span three weeks in April, offering distinct events and activations each weekend. Explore the calendar here »Upcoming events
Mali Obomsawin
Lincoln Center Presents
January 30 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Award-winning interdisciplinary artist and Odanak First Nation citizen Mali Obomsawin presents the Lincoln Center premiere of her jazz ensemble.
Kids, Teens, and Families
Lunar New Year Celebration
Lincoln Center Presents
February 01 at 10:00 am
David Geffen Hall
We're ringing in 2025 as the year of the Snake: self-discovery, transformation, and celebrating connection for all!
Black Belt Eagle Scout
Lincoln Center Presents
February 06 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Expressive indie rock finds truth and beauty in the artist’s Indigenous Swinomish/Iñupiaq heritage and the West Coast grunge rock of the ’90s.
Indoor Indians
Comedy With Brian Bahe and Jana Schmieding
Lincoln Center Presents
February 07 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Join Jana Schmieding and Brian Bahe for a night of living, laughing, and loving from two Native comedians who have no idea how to live off the land!
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Be inspired by musicians who defy expectations
American Songbook: Singer Outsiders, curated in collaboration with Tamar-kali and Kathleen Hanna, uplifts women and nonbinary musicians who have shaped the modern landscape of music and continue to drive conversations on gender, identity, and empowerment. This spring series features a bold lineup of powerhouse voices from across the punk, pop, jazz, classical, R&B, and theater worlds—including Julia Bullock, Meshell Ndegeocello, Shaina Taub, Gossip, and more—all for free or Choose-What-You-Pay.
Catch international premieres on the New York stage
In collaboration with the New York Philharmonic, Rubén Blades' large-scale musical work Maestra Vida—a soaring, genre-defying urban drama centered on the Latin American lived experience—will be presented in the U.S. for the very first time. The U.S. premiere of the UK’s most celebrated Hip-Hop dance theater company, Boy Blue, brings movement at its most fluid, distilled, and skilled with Cycles. Through spoken word and dance, Carnival of the Animals reframes Camille Saint-Saëns’ classic as it navigates the shifting societal values and our relationship to democracy.